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An adult and two children under the age of 12 have been identified as three of the five people killed in Teutopolis, Illinois when a tanker carrying anhydrous ammonia tipped over, spilling the hazardous substance

Authorities resumed their investigation Sunday of a central Illinois truck crash that killed five people, injured five others and prompted an evacuation for hundreds of residents after a toxic chemical leak.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities resumed their investigation Sunday of a central Illinois truck crash that killed five people, injured five others and prompted an evacuation for hundreds of residents

Authorities resumed their investigation Sunday of a central Illinois truck crash that killed five people, injured five others and prompted an evacuation for...

Effingham County authorities and the NTSB are investigating a deadly Illinois crash that caused an anhydrous ammonia leak near Teutopolis, IL.

A semitruck carrying caustic anhydrous ammonia toppled about 9:25 p.m. Friday night in Teutopolis, spilling more than half its 7,500-gallon (28,390-liter) load, according to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

Five people were killed and five were seriously injured after a truck overturned in central Illinois, causing a toxic substance to leak and forcing an evacuation.

Five people were killed and five were seriously injured after a truck overturned in central Illinois, causing a toxic substance to leak from its cargo and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of area residents, authorities said Saturday.

Five people were killed and five were critically injured when a semitruck carrying anhydrous ammonia crashed in central Illinois. Illinois State Police said the accident occurred Friday and involved “multiple”

Authorities said that about 500 residents within a one-mile radius of the crash site were evacuated.